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Lignairolles

Aude · CC du Limouxin · INSEE 11204

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lignairolles (INSEE 11204) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 33 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11204-lignairolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 2,434 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.43
Housing mix0.6753.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 59 peak 1975: 64 2023: 33 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 36 (2012) → 33 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 35 (1990) → 33 (2023): -5.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 30, of which 16.7 % second homes and 26.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.7 km SW (Val de Lambronne)Bakery — 4.8 km NE (Montgradail)GP — 7.9 km E (Belvèze-du-Razès)Pharmacy — 8.9 km E (Belvèze-du-Razès)Food shop — 9.3 km SE (Villelongue-d'Aude)
Primary school — 2.7 km SWBakery — 4.8 km NEGP — 7.9 km EPharmacy — 8.9 km EFood shop — 9.3 km SE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Montgradail): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villelongue-d'Aude): 9.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Belvèze-du-Razès): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Belvèze-du-Razès): 8.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Val de Lambronne): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ALAIGNE weather station, 8.6 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 405 m. [12]

The village sits 112 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at ALAIGNE, 8.6 km away at 293 m, over 24 summers. [12]

That station sits 112 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 659 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ALAIGNE, 8.6 km away at 293 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11204/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11204/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11204/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11204/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11246
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11427
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11034
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11080
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Panon72598 km N3315.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Ozières52626 km NE345.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %
Caubous65124 km W327.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
La Madeleine-Villefrouin41523 km N338.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Puessans25589 km NE327.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 35 %
Vaudrecourt52635 km NE326.6No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Caubous65124 km W327.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
La Madeleine-Villefrouin41523 km N338.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Puessans25589 km NE327.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 35 %
Panon72598 km N3315.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Ozières52626 km NE345.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %
Vaudrecourt52635 km NE326.6No daily shopsno figures

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Monthaut115.9 km E3711.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mansan65149 km W3911.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ricourt32153 km W449.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fréchède65144 km W438.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pomy117.1 km SE517.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Bezole1112 km SE4410.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %